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No Relief From gluten-free Diet...

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PianoMan99 Newbie
PianoMan99
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Hi everyone,

I have been gluten free for 10 days and have experienced no change in my symptoms of consistent dull nausea in my upper stomach and eczema on my inner elbows. I have been struggling with this for almost a year and a half and am about out of options (having had almost every medical test imagineable with negative results). I did have about a 3 month repreieve where I found my symptoms dissapeared as long as I did not eat chicken. Although it make no difference anymore, I cannot help but think that chicken may be involved in some way... anyone have any ideas?

I typically feel better in the morning and the nausea begins around late morning/afternoon or right after lunch. Since I haven't noticed that it makes any difference what I eat, do you think it's possible that my stomach is just sensitive to all food? Due to the eczema especially, I have this strong hunch I am intolerant so some food, just have yet to figure out what it is.

I am really sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. Thanks so much for all your input.

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Hi everyone,

I have been gluten free for 10 days and have experienced no change in my symptoms of consistent dull nausea in my upper stomach and eczema on my inner elbows. I have been struggling with this for almost a year and a half and am about out of options (having had almost every medical test imagineable with negative results). I did have about a 3 month repreieve where I found my symptoms dissapeared as long as I did not eat chicken. Although it make no difference anymore, I cannot help but think that chicken may be involved in some way... anyone have any ideas?

I typically feel better in the morning and the nausea begins around late morning/afternoon or right after lunch. Since I haven't noticed that it makes any difference what I eat, do you think it's possible that my stomach is just sensitive to all food? Due to the eczema especially, I have this strong hunch I am intolerant so some food, just have yet to figure out what it is.

I am really sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. Thanks so much for all your input.

I am sorry that you are not feeling better, but 10 days is a relatively short period of time. After I was diagnosed, it took about 2 months so feel significant improvements. Early into the diet, many people have a problem with dairy and it is suggested to limit or eliminate it from your diet for a while.

Double check everything you are doing. Keep a food journal. Check you lotions, mouthwash, shampoo, shave cream, medications, antacides, vitamines, etc.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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It might be time for a full-on, naturopath supervised elimination diet. Or if someone here has a designed diet that they're willing to share.

PianoMan99 Newbie
PianoMan99
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Thank you for your replies. Yes I have tried an elimination diet before without being able to find any culprits. However, it was not professionally supervised. My ND, however, did suggest a full course of probiotic suppliments, which also did not help.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Hmmm, some chemical in your environment that you're allergic to? Mold? Your laundry soap? Bath soap?

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ravenwoodglass
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Thank you for your replies. Yes I have tried an elimination diet before without being able to find any culprits. However, it was not professionally supervised. My ND, however, did suggest a full course of probiotic suppliments, which also did not help.

First you need to make sure you are really eating gluten free, are you consuming processed foods? If you are then you need to stop for a couple months and choose whole foods that are naturally gluten free. Have you checked all your meds, including OTC meds? Generic scripts can be risky make sure your pharmacist checks everything. Are you drinking alcohol? If so you need to stop until you are healed.

If you have your doubts about needing the gluten-free diet you may want to find an allergist (MD) to guide you through a true elimination diet. You start out with about 5 foods, your allergist will skin test you and give you a questionairre to fill out to determine what those 5 foods will be, no spices, no beverages other than water. Once your symptoms have resolved he would then have you add in foods one at a time, in pure form. It is very time consuming but when done correctly, and most folks do eliminations backwards, an excellent way to find food intolerances.

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